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Litigating Federal Habeas Corpus Cases: One Equitable Gateway At A Time, Eve Brensike Primus Jul 2018

Litigating Federal Habeas Corpus Cases: One Equitable Gateway At A Time, Eve Brensike Primus

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Habeas corpus, also known as the Great Writ, was meant to be a “bulwark against convictions that violate fundamental fairness,” according to the Supreme Court. Yet today, federal courts provide relief in fewer than half of one percent of cases in which a non-capital state prisoner seeks relief through habeas. The Great Writ, it would seem, is no longer so great. In Litigating Federal Habeas Corpus Cases: One Equitable Gateway at a Time, Eve Brensike Primus examines the various procedural and substantive hurdles that have been erected in the past half century that make it nearly impossible for state prisoners …


Jail Time For South African Woman Using Racist Slur Sets New Precedent, Penelope Andrews, Chantelle Feldhaus, René Koraan Mar 2018

Jail Time For South African Woman Using Racist Slur Sets New Precedent, Penelope Andrews, Chantelle Feldhaus, René Koraan

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Park Slope Tragedy Must Become An Example To Deter Drivers Who Endanger Others, Robert Blecker Jan 2018

Park Slope Tragedy Must Become An Example To Deter Drivers Who Endanger Others, Robert Blecker

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